​”How are you?” It’s a question we ask and that’s asked of us all the time. Strangers ask. Phone operators ask. And our answers gloss past thought into standard replies. “Good,” “fine,” “meh.”  So many of us have disconnected from our feelings, using only the standard blankets of emotion rather than picking through to the threads of the moment. I’m a big fan of using the Feeling Wheel (printed and attached to my journal) to name the exact feeling I’m experiencing. 

The power of N.O.W.N= N​ame itO= Open to itW= Witness itI’ll update more on this post later. I have to run a snow errand now. Which makes me feel cozy and giddy.